VietNamNet Bridge – Many infants have been abandoned at Ky Quang II Pagoda in HCM City’s Go Vap District which is also home to children with disabilities.

 Increasing numbers of Hanoi’s pavements, particularly in the city centre, have been encroached upon despite measures by municipal authorities to deal with the problem.

Vietnam remains the most attractive investment destination for Japan’s manufacturing firms in the medium-term prospects, according to the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC).

 Korean firm builds electronic component plant at Phu Ha IP, Telephone exports to RoK soar, Agro-forestry-fishery export value increases, Vietnam refinery predicts profit dips, Banks eye higher credit growth, profits

No respite from cold spell in North VN, Book encourages young people to travel more, Dutch organisations support eye hospital in Vinh Long, Hưng Yên determining cause of mass chicken deaths

 The State Treasury will cut down its bond issuance this year to VND183.3 trillion (US$8 billion), a decrease of 26.7 per cent compared with its initial projection, the agency has announced.

Singer Ho Ngoc Ha hobnobbed in the limelight at Milan Fashion Week and was cited as one of the budding actors, models, musicians, dancers or social media mavens by Vogue Italia.

 Saigon Heat have jumped to fourth place in the ASEAN Basketball League after their 78-74 win over Alab Pilipinas on their home turf at HCM City’s Canadian Interntaional School Arena on February 26.

 Hoang Xuan Vinh took silver on February 28 in Men’s 10m Air Pistol at the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup in New Delhi, India.

 There are currently 1.2 million international students studying in the US, nearly 75% of whom are enrolled in bachelor, masters or doctoral programs, according to SEVIS by the Numbers.

 Vietnam – Japan Economic Relations

As part of the first APEC Senior Officials Meeting and related meetings, the SOM Steering Committee on Economic and Technical Cooperation – Committee of the Whole convened its meeting in Nha Trang on February 28.

 An ecosystem-based climate change adaptation project sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Building and Nuclear Safety in Vietnam made strides in 2016.

Lecturer Nguyen Kim Phi Phung of the Nature University’s Chemistry Faculty has won the International Kovalevskaia Award.

 The Bad Boys Blue and singer Sandra from Germany will stage a one-night show “Bad Boys Blue & Sandra Live in Concert” at the National Convention Center in Hanoi on March 11.

 One of the most popular of all ballets, “Swan Lake” composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky will be presented at Hanoi Opera House on March 18-19.

 Music lovers will have an opportunity to enjoy masterpieces of Tchaikovsky through a concert named "A night of Tchaikovsky" which is scheduled to take place at Hanoi Opera House on March 9-10.

 The 2nd ‘Don Ca Tai Tu’ or Southern Amateur Music Festival 2017 will be held in Binh Duong Province in April, according the provincial People’s Committee.

 The National Traffic Safety Committee yesterday said that in February, the country has 1,763 traffic accidents killing 826 people and injuring 1,482 people.

 Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has assigned the Ministry of Transport to improve two projects of building North-South Expressway.